CVE-2026-53633 PUBLISHED

Vitest: Exposed Browser Mode API Can Proxy CDP and Overwrite Config Files, Leading to RCE

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 14.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 3.0.0 until 3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.4, Vitest Browser Mode exposed a cdp() API that forwarded raw Chrome DevTools Protocol methods without being gated by allowWrite or allowExec, allowing a remote client with exposed browser API metadata to use CDP Page.setDownloadBehavior and Runtime.evaluate to overwrite vite.config.ts and execute attacker-controlled Node.js code. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor vitest-dev
Product vitest
Versions
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.5 is affected
  • Version >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.8 is affected
  • Version >= 5.0.0-beta.0, < 5.0.0-beta.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE